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INX Media case: Chidambaram to remain in Tihar jail till October 3

Special CBI court says no change in circumstances, former union minister allowed pillow, chair

Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram after he was produced in a CBI court in the INX media case, in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
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Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram after he was produced in a CBI court in the INX media case, in New Delhi. Photo: PTI

Aashish Aryan New Delhi
A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in the city extended the judicial custody of former finance minister P Chidambaram till October 3 in case related to alleged irregularities in Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approvals for INX Media. The court, however, accepted Chidambaram’s plea to be given a chair and a pillow, as the former union minister said he was suffering from back pain.

Noting that there had been no change in circumstances and that Chidambaram had already moved a regular bail plea before the Delhi High Court, the special CBI court on Thursday said that the former